http://www.pikatto.com inspiration strikes like lightning Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:43:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en peek-a-boo Originally uploaded by Brian Lynn Just using a shot I took of Ken last fall to test out blogging photos from flickr. Since we’re getting ready to move back to Japan I thought I’d try and resurrect Pikatto. Since we’ll be ... http://www.pikatto.com/uncategorized/peek-a-boo-2/ This is one of the most succinct explanations regarding 2nd Amendment rights via the right to carry a concealed firearm I have ever seen. Unfortunately I cannot give full credit because I do not know who wrote it. *Sigh* Let's go over it again, people. By definition, bad guys don't obey laws, ... http://www.pikatto.com/the-good/regarding-guns/ Fuck that. http://www.pikatto.com/uncategorized/blogger-code-of-conduct/ I haven't seriously read comics for many years. By seriously, I mean reading a new issue as it was released every one or two weeks. I remember first losing interest when DC killed off the last son of Krypton and then brought him back a year later. To me – ... http://www.pikatto.com/books/an-open-letter-to-marvel-comics/ Crunch Gear has an absolutely ridiculous [article](http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/09/zne-phone-confirmed-launch-scenario-4g-wimax-action-rumors-off-the-wtf-o-meter/"article") on the confirmed–according to them–Zune Phone. It sounds like a bunch of bs to me. My favorite part of the article is this lovely disclaimer. >This is a lot of information, and the reader should keep in mind that any part, if not all ... http://www.pikatto.com/uncategorized/zune-phone/ Rob Enderle has once again shown his stupidity in "[Companies Should Prepare for the iPhone](http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=42105“Companies Should Prepare for the iPhone")," a story written by Poonam Khanna for IT Business. He has been taken to task by both John Gruber of [Daring Fireball](http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/more_crap_from_enderle "Daring Fireball") and by El Macalopo of the ... http://www.pikatto.com/tech/rob-enderle-pundit-or-fortune-teller/ Bill Gates, sir, you are a damned liar! See [Daring Fireball](http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/lies_damned_lies_and_bill_gates) for more. http://www.pikatto.com/tech/bill-gates-is-a-liar/ I don't have a problem ending the war in Iraq. In fact I think ending the war in Iraq is the very goal that our elected representatives–including the President–should be striving to attain. This, however, does not mean that I think that the us should immediately pack up and leave ... http://www.pikatto.com/current-affairs/ending-the-war-in-iraq/ The Democrats have taken the House and may take the Senate as well, the political fallout has already begun–Rumsfeld has resigned–and according to Pelosi Democrats will immediately reach out to Bush to find a bipartisan way to begin redeploying troops "outside of Iraq." Looks like we're about to leave the Iraqis ... http://www.pikatto.com/current-affairs/get-ready/ It's the weekend before Halloween for those of you ghosts and ghouls haunting the U.S., so in the spirit of my favorite holiday here is the Halloween edition of Pikatto. Have a wicked All Hallows Eve! http://www.pikatto.com/fyi/all-hallows-eve/